Fable turned remarkable into Tom Riddle's diary from Harry Potter

Fans are obsessed, confused, and slightly alarmed by this real-life magic diary stunt

TLDR: A developer made a paper-like tablet behave like Tom Riddle’s diary, with writing that fades and answers back. Commenters were split between calling it brilliantly cool, hilariously confusing, and maybe a little too faithful to one of fiction’s most sinister notebooks.

A developer turned the reMarkable Paper Pro tablet into something that looks ripped straight out of Harry Potter: you write on the page, your words fade away, and the device writes back like Tom Riddle’s creepy diary. But while the project itself is undeniably theatrical, the real show is the comment section, where people swung wildly between awe, jokes, and "hold on, is this actually cursed?"

The loudest reaction was pure delight. One commenter called it "sick, in the 90's Tony Hawk sense", basically celebrating the fact that people can now just dream up weird ideas and build them fast. Another big sentiment: the concept is so bizarre it almost breaks language. One person said the title read like a "Curtains for Zoosha?"-style meme, meaning it sounded like one of those internet phrases that feels generated in a fever dream unless you see a demo. That confusion actually became part of the charm.

Then came the darker, funnier backlash. One commenter joked that if this tool can now make horcruxes, maybe the government needs to step in. Another pushed back on the whole comparison, pointing out that Tom Riddle’s diary was not exactly a wholesome product mascot, since it literally manipulated people into helping an evil wizard. And because the internet can never stay on one track, someone else took a hard detour into defending Ginny Weasley as the true survivor of the whole saga. So yes: cool gadget, spooky vibes, and a comment thread that instantly turned into fandom court, meme court, and ethics court all at once.

Key Points

  • The GitHub repository **riddle** presents an open-source experience that mimics Tom Riddle’s diary on the reMarkable Paper Pro by fading handwritten input and generating written replies.
  • The project requires a reMarkable Paper Pro in developer mode with a launcher installed, and the README recommends **remagic** for setup.
  • Users with **xovi + AppLoad** can install a prebuilt bundle from the latest GitHub release or build the project from source.
  • The installation instructions include copying the app bundle to the tablet via `scp` and adding a `RIDDLE_OPENAI_KEY` in an environment file for OpenAI-compatible access.
  • The README warns that the software modifies the device, runs as root, stops the vendor UI in takeover mode, and has only been tested on reMarkable Paper Pro hardware running OS 3.26–3.27.

Hottest takes

"the title reads like a 'Curtains for Zoosha?' meme" — jxf
"This is sick, in the 90's Tony Hawk sense" — josh2600
"If Fable can now create horcruxes" — delichon
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